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INT. BOW AND ARROW -- CONTINUOUS

Chuckie is collecting money from the guys to buy a pitcher, all but Morgan cough up some crumpled dollars.

CHUCKIE

So, this is a Harvard bar, huh? I

thought there'd be equations and

shit on the wall.

INT. BACK SECTION, BOW AND ARROW -- MOMENTS LATER

Chuckie returns to a table where Will, Morgan and Billy have made themselves comfortable. He [Chuckie] spots two ATTRACTIVE YOUNG HARVARD WOMEN sitting together at the end of the bar.

Chuckie struts his way toward the women and pulls up a chair. He flashes a smile and tries to submerge his thick Boston accent.

CHUCKIE

Hey, how's it goin'?

LYDIA

Fine.

SKYLAR

Okay.

CHUCKIE

So, you ladies ah, go to school here?

LYDIA

Yes.

CHUCKIE

Yeah, cause I think I had a class

with you.

At this point, several interested parties materialize. Morgan, Billy, and Will try, as inconspicuously as possible, to situate themselves within listening distance. A rather large student in a HARVARD LACROSSE sweatshirt, CLARK (22) notices Chuckie. He [Clark] walks over to Skylar and Lydia, nobly hovering over them as protector. This gets Will, Morgan, and Billy's attention.

SKYLAR

What class?

CHUCKIE

Ah, history I think.

SKYLAR

Oh...

CHUCKIE

Yah, it's not a bad school...

At this point, Clark can't resist and steps in.

CLARK

What class did you say that was?

CHUCKIE

History.

CLARK

How'd you like that course?

CHUCKIE

Good, it was all right.

CLARK

History? Just "history?" It must

have been a survey course then.

Chuckie nods. Clark notices Chuckie's clothes. Will and Billy exchange a look and move subtly closer.

CLARK

Pretty broad. "History of the World?"

CHUCKIE

Hey, come on pal we're in classes

all day. That's one thing about

Harvard never seizes to amaze me,

everybody's talkin' about school all

the time.

CLARK

Hey, I'm the last guy to want to

talk about school at the bar. But as

long as you're here I want to "seize"

the opportunity to ask you a question.

Billy shifts his beer into his left hand. Will and Morgan see this. Morgan rolls his eyes as if to say "not again..."

CLARK

Oh, I'm sure you covered it in your

history class.

Clark looks to see if the girls are impressed. They are not.

When Clark looks back to Chuckie, Skylar turns to Lydia and rolls her [own] eyes. They laugh. Will sees this and smiles.

CHUCKIE

To tell you the truth, I wasn't there

much. The class was rather elementary.

CLARK

Elementary? Oh, I don't doubt that

it was. I remember the class, it was

just between recess and lunch.

Will and Billy come forward, stand behind Chuckie.

CHUCKIE

All right, are we gonna have a

problem?

CLARK

There's no problem. I was just hoping

you could give me some insight into

the evolution of the market economy

in the early colonies. My contention

is that prior to the Revolutionary

War the economic modalities especially

of the southern colonies could most

aptly be characterized as agrarian

precapitalist and...

Will, who at this point has migrated to Chuckie's side and is completely fed-up, includes himself in the conversation.

WILL

Of course that's your contention.

You're a first year grad student.

You just finished some Marxian

historian, Pete Garrison prob'ly,

and so naturally that's what you

believe until next month when you

get to James Lemon and get convinced

that Virginia and Pennsylvania were

strongly entrepreneurial and

capitalist back in 1740. That'll

last until sometime in your second

year, then you'll be in here

regurgitating Gordon Wood about the

Pre-revolutionary utopia and the

capital-forming effects of military

mobilization.

CLARK

(taken aback)

Well, as a matter of fact, I won't,

because Wood drastically

underestimates the impact of--

WILL

"Wood drastically underestimates the

impact of social distinctions

predicated upon wealth, especially

inherited wealth..." You got that

from "Work in Essex County," Page

421, right? Do you have any thoughts

of your own on the subject or were

you just gonna plagiarize the whole

book for me?

Clark is stunned.

WILL

Look, don't try to pass yourself off

as some kind of an intellect at the

expense of my friend just to impress

these girls.

Clark is lost now, searching for a graceful exit, any exit.

WILL

The sad thing is, in about 50 years

you might start doin' some thinkin'

on your own and by then you'll realize

there are only two certainties in

life.

CLARK

Yeah? What're those?

WILL

One, don't do that. Two -- you

dropped a hundred and fifty grand on

an education you coulda' picked up

for a dollar fifty in late charges

at the Public Library.

Will catches Skylar's eye.

CLARK

But I will have a degree, and you'll

be serving my kids fries at a drive

through on our way to a skiing trip.

WILL

(smiles)

Maybe. But at least I won't be a

prick.

(beat)

And if you got a problem with that,

I guess we can step outside and deal

with it that way.

While Will is substantially smaller than Clark, he [Clark] decides not to take Will up on his [Will's] offer.

WILL

If you change your mind, I'll be

over by the bar.

He turns and walks away. Chuckie follows, throwing Clark a look.

Morgan turns to a nearby girl.

MORGAN

My boy's wicked smart.

INT. BOW AND ARROW, AT THE BAR -- LATER

Will sits with Morgan at the bar watching with some amusement as Chuckie and Billy play bar basketball game where the players shoot miniature balls at a small basket. In the background, occasionally we hear Chuckie shouting "Larry!" When he scores.

Skylar emerges from the crowd and approaches Will.

SKYLAR

You suck.

WILL

What?

SKYLAR

I've been sitting over there for

forty-five minutes waiting for you

to come talk to me. But I'm just

tired now and I have to go home and

I wasn't going to keep sitting there

waiting for you.

WILL

I'm Will.

SKYLAR

Skylar. And by the way. That guy

over there is a real dick and I just

wanted you to know he didn't come

with us.

WILL

I kind of got that impression.

SKYLAR

Well, look, I have to go. Gotta' get

up early and waste some more money

on my overpriced education.

WILL

I didn't mean you. Listen, maybe...

SKYLAR

Here's my number.

Skylar produces a folded piece of paper and offers it to Will.

SKYLAR

Maybe we could go out for coffee

sometime?

WILL

Great, or maybe we could go somewhere

and just eat a bunch of caramels.

SKYLAR

What?

WILL

When you think about it, it's just

as arbitrary as drinking coffee.

SKYLAR

(laughs)

Okay, sounds good.

She turns.

WILL

Five minutes.

SKYLAR

What?

WILL

I was trying to be smooth.

(indicates clock)

But at twelve-fifteen I was gonna

come over there and talk to you.

SKYLAR

See, it's my life story. Five more

minutes and I would have got to hear

your best pick-up line.

WILL

The caramel thing is my pick-up line.

A beat.

SKYLAR

Glad I came over.

CUT TO:

EXT. BOW AND ARROW -- LATER

Our boys are walking out of the bar teasing one another about their bar-ball exploits. Across the street is another bar with a glass front. Morgan spots Clark sitting by the window with some friends.

MORGAN

There goes that fuckin' Barney right

now, with his fuckin' "skiin' trip."

We should'a kicked that dude's ass.

WILL

Hold up.

Will crosses the street and approaches the plate glass window and stands across from Clark, separated only by the glass.

He POUNDS THE GLASS to get Clark's attention.

WILL

Hey!

Clark turns toward Will.

WILL

DO YOU LIKE APPLES?

Clark doesn't get it.

WILL

DO YOU LIKE APPLES?!

CLARK

Yeah?

Will SLAMS SKYLAR'S PHONE NUMBER against the glass.

WILL

WELL I GOT HER NUMBER! HOW DO YA

LIKE THEM APPLES?!!

Will's boys erupt into laughter. Angle on Clark, deflated.